The Trump administration agreed to pay nearly $5 million to Ashli Babbitt’s estate. Babbitt was an Air Force vet and Trump supporter who was fatally shot during the January 6th Capitol protest. Her family sued for wrongful death and was seeking $30 million. And how does the legacy media respond? They’re trying to anger the people about this. “You taxpayers are giving this rioter’s family millions! Aren’t you upset at Trump?!” JUST NOW: The Trump Administration to pay Ashli Babbitt’s family nearly $5 Million, per WP. pic.twitter.com/1yoibLdey2 — Ian Jaeger (@IanJaeger29) May 19, 2025 Newsweek reports: The Trump administration has agreed to pay nearly $5 million to the family of Ashli Babbitt to settle a lawsuit brought by Babbitt’s estate, two people familiar with the matter told The Washington Post. The Context Babbitt was an Air Force veteran and a staunch Trump supporter who was fatally shot by a U.S. Capitol Police officer on January 6, 2021, as she was attempting to enter the House Speaker’s Lobby during the riot at the U.S. Capitol. She was one of thousands of Trump supporters who rioted at the Capitol to try to block Congress from certifying Joe Biden’s victory in the 2020 presidential election. Babbitt’s estate filed a $30 million wrongful death lawsuit against the U.S. government last year. According to The Post, the settlement between the U.S. Department of Justice and Babbitt’s estate does not include an admission of wrongdoing. President Donald Trump, who urged his supporters to “stop the steal” at a rally in Washington before the riot, has championed Babbitt as a hero and referred to the more than 1,200 people who were convicted over the riot as “J6 hostages.” Trump pardoned or commuted the sentences of all convicted rioters on his first day back in office on January 20. #BREAKING: The Trump administration has agreed to a $5 MILLION settlement with the family of Ashli Babbitt Babbitt was kiIIed in cold blood by Michael Byrd Now, time to ARREST Byrd for murder! pic.twitter.com/BJTzHW09Sz — Nick Sortor (@nicksortor) May 19, 2025 This guy does raise an interesting point. Why didn’t anyone run away when the gun was fired? Strange things are afoot. Not a single person ran away as a man pointed a gun at them and fired a shot. Not one person. Also, Ashli never had a funeral. https://t.co/8Vi66Cnhuh — Gufftastic (@imgufftastic) May 19, 2025